US embassy cable - 05TAIPEI4335

S E C R E T TAIPEI 004335 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EAP/TC, EAP/EP, ISN/MTR MHARDIMAN 
DEPT PASS AIT/W 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/2015 
TAGS: ETTC, PARM, PINR, PREL, PTER, TW, CBW, MTAG 
SUBJECT: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES 
 
REF: A. STATE 145151 
     B. STATE 195747 
     C. STATE 196367 
 
Classified By: AIT Acting Director David Keegan, Reason 1.4 b/d 
 
1. (S) In response to ref B message on the inappropriateness 
of a Taiwan presentation at the upcoming APEC export control 
event, Executive Yuan Counterterrorism Office Chief Kuo 
Lin-wu questioned what the Taiwan delegation would do in 
Hawaii if not allowed to present.  AIT explained at length 
the importance of the Hawaii event to the goal of keeping 
security issues on the agenda in APEC and noted that there 
would still be opportunities for Taiwan delegates to speak 
during the question and answer periods.  It was unclear 
whether the AIT remarks, in the absence of an agenda, 
convinced Kuo of the value of attending.  Action request: 
Please provide the latest agenda for the APEC export control 
event. 
 
2.  (S) AIT also delivered ref A non-paper, ref B answers to 
Taiwan questions, and ref C comment on export license 
application 94-000412 to BOFT officials.  There was no 
immediate response from the Taiwan side, except to note that 
the timeframe for comments on export licenses and the list of 
sensitive items would probably both need additional 
"bilateral" discussions.  BOFT Chief Secretary Peter Ho said 
that his traveling to Washington after Hawaii would need to 
be cleared by his supervisor and by the Minister of Economic 
Affairs.  He said he recalled from the August talks that 
NP/CBM Director Van Diepen said he would return to Taiwan for 
another round of talks after 120 days, early December. 
 
3.  (S) BOFT presented a two-page paper "Taiwan's Progress in 
Strengthening Export Control Measures" and a list of 89 
commodity codes that will be added to the lists of 
"sensitive" commodities that will require a license whenever 
they are exported or re-exported from, or transit/transship 
Taiwan.  AIT's initial assessment of the list is that there 
are three main types of commodities added: 1) almost all 
machine tools are now considered sensitive; 2) many types of 
machinery related to IC production have been added; and 3) 
several additional chemicals have been added.  AIT has faxed 
the two BOFT papers to EAP/TC. 
KEEGAN